Fine Gael MEPs Sean Kelly, Mairead McGuinness and Deirdre Clune have today (Friday) concluded a successful day of meetings with community groups and politicians to support EU funding programmes in Northern Ireland.

“I am delighted to confirm that the European Parliament’s European Globalisation Fund (EGF) working group this morning approved EU funding support for 276 jewellery workers and unemployed young people in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick”, Sean Kelly MEP said in Brussels today (Thursday).

Sean Kelly, the Leader of the Fine Gael delegation in the European Parliament, has congratulated Ireland’s Commissioner-designate Phil Hogan on an “excellent” hearing at the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee today (Thursday).

“The European Commission estimates that by 2015, there will be as many as 900,000 ICT vacancies in Europe. ICT or computer and digital skills-based jobs are being created by a growing sector – but Europe’s workforce clearly does not have the correct skills to match those jobs. We need to address that skills shortage,” Sean […]